Gerry Heaney (born 1945) is a Scottish former professional

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who played as a full back. After playing youth football with

Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, who currently compete in . They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilto ...

, Heaney played in the

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for

Third Lanark Third Lanark Athletic Club was a Scottish football club based in Glasgow. Founded in 1872 as an offshoot of the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, the club was a founder member of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) in 1872 and the Scottish ...

, and in the

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for the

Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Vancouver. The Whitecaps compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on March 18, ...

. During the 1966–67 season, Heaney combined his football career at Third Lanark with a teaching post at

Jordanhill College Jordanhill College of Education was a higher education college in Jordanhill, Glasgow, Scotland. It opened as a teacher training college in 1921. The college merged with the University of Strathclyde in 1993, becoming its Faculty of Educati ...

in Glasgow and then Holy Cross High School in Hamilton.

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1945 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Scottish expatriate men's footballers Hamilton Academical F.C. players Third Lanark A.C. players Vancouver Whitecaps (1974–1984) players Scottish Football League players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Men's association football defenders Scottish educators 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-defender-1940s-stub